"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look into ( অনুসন্ধান করা ) I am looking into the matter.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Rid of ( মুক্ত হওয়া ) Get rid of bad company.
  • Control over ( নিয়ন্ত্রণ ) He has no control over his brother.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Superior to ( উৎকৃষ্টতর ) This type of rice is superior to that.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.